CVE-2016-0756
mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.021 · 81 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
The generate_dialback function in the mod_dialback module in Prosody before 0.9.10 does not properly separate fields when generating dialback keys, which allows remote attackers to spoof XMPP network domains via a crafted stream id and domain name that is included in the target domain as a suffix.
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affected products (2)
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references (20)
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- http://blog.prosody.im/prosody-0-9-10-released/cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/27/10cnnvd
- https://prosody.im/issues/issue/596cnnvd
- https://prosody.im/security/advisory_20160127/cnnvd
- http://blog.prosody.im/prosody-0-9-10-released/enisa_euvd
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176796.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176914.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3463enisa_euvd
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